Helmet (Hoshi- Kabuto) in the 16th-Century Style
Inscribed by Saotome Ienari Japanese
The overlapping edges of the iron plates form ridges (suji). Sixty-two of the paltes have star shaped rivets known as hoshi, giving the name of the helmet-bowl type (hoshi-bachi).
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